Hiya folks, and welcome back to Cool Beans! Born in a seaside village north of Beirut, Samaya Boueri Ziade had long wanted to bring a little bit of Lebanon to the Brooklyn neighborhood when she and her brother opened Sawa last April. Their menu features Middle Eastern mainstays like hummus and tabouleh, alongside less familiar Lebanese dishes like Beiru…
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